Re: New phpweb design.. DEPLOYED!
| From: | Hannes Magnusson | Date: | Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:09:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: New phpweb design.. DEPLOYED! | ||
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On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:56, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Hannes Magnusson
> <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 23:58, Elizabeth Tucker Long - Treeline
>> Design, LLC <beth@treelinedesign.com> wrote:
>>> I'm happy to help with CSS tweaks or whatever you need, but I'm not clear on
>>> what exactly you need. Do you have a graphic or example that the site should
>>> match so we know what needs tweaking? Also, how to we access the pages to
>>> make tweaks or do we just send our code updates to the list?
>>
>>
>> There used to be design mockups of random pages on
>> http://wiki.php.net/web/redesign/mockups, but those links
>> do not work
>> anymore. Those mockups were just random brainstorming ideas, and
>> nothing really decided on, so you are totally free to invent something
>> crazy.
>>
>> Depending on how much time you want to spend, there are bunch of
>> different things to work on.
>> - Browse through random manual pages (like reference pages, faq, class
>> descriptions, ..) and make sure they look pretty
>> - Make /logos pretty
>> - Make /urlhowto pretty
>> - Make /releases pretty
>> - Design a event calendar
>> - Design a new and usable download page
>> - Design a new frontpage
>>
>> How to work on the changes..
>> Initialize a complete phpweb environment:
>>
>> http://wiki.php.net/web/mirror#i_m_lazy._just_give_me_something_to_execute
>>
>> Then access your newly installed phpweb mirror and go to /my.php.
>> Scroll to the bottom, enable the 'beta' option and click 'set all
>> preferences'.
>> Now you should be in beta mode.
>>
>> Beta mode uses different header structure and css files.
>> In the cases where code changes are required, they are wrapped in an
>> if (myphpnet_beta()) {}
>>
>>
>> Open styles/structure.css, styles/doc.css and styles/theme.css and
>> start hacking.
>> Once finished do;
>> $ svn diff > mychanges.patch.txt
>
> Here is my modification to the docs template, this makes the <aside
> id="leftbar"> element float on the top right to make it appear like a
> "quick tips" area. CSS only modification. I'm sure i have karma to
> commit this myself but thought i would share the change here. (.diff
> file attached).
>
Please use the same spacing as everything else in the file (and not
mix tabs and spaces) :P
I really like it, have you browsed through several pages (like
/archive/, /tips.php, /mailing-lists.php, ..)?
If so, commit please :)
-Hannes